Missing: upper part of left ear, edges of right ear, tip of nose, left side of neck at join. Mended from two adjoining pieces. The tenon is chipped and broken. The head is preserved from top to tenon, with a cutting sloping upwards from the tenon to the back of the shoulders.The head represents a young man with short, curling hair, which lies in flat wisps close to his head. His Adam's apple is very visible. The eyebrows are faintly indicated, the tear duct and the wrinkle between his eyebrows are very marked.Work of the Julio-Claudian period.Pentelic marble.Drilled for setting with bronze pin in hollowed base 1956.